By Yvette G. Flores
Chicana and Chicano psychological Health deals a version to appreciate and to deal with the psychological wellbeing and fitness demanding situations and repair disparities affecting Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans/Chicanos. Yvette G. Flores, who has greater than thirty years of expertise as a medical psychologist, presents in-depth research of the most important psychological healthiness demanding situations dealing with those teams: melancholy; anxiousness issues, together with post-traumatic tension ailment; substance abuse; and intimate companion violence. utilizing a life-cycle viewpoint that comes with indigenous health and wellbeing ideals, Flores examines the psychological future health concerns affecting youngsters and teens, grownup women and men, and aged Mexican Americans.
via case reports, Flores examines the significance of realizing cultural values, category place, and the gender and sexual roles and expectancies Chicanas/os negotiate, in addition to the legacies of migration, transculturation, and multiculturality. Chicana and Chicano psychological Health is the 1st publication of its sort to embody either Western and Indigenous perspectives.
perfect for college kids in psychology, social welfare, ethnic experiences, and sociology, the e-book additionally offers priceless details for psychological well-being pros who want a deeper figuring out of the wishes and strengths of the biggest ethnic minority and Hispanic inhabitants workforce within the United States.
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In general, psychological studies and theories posit that the family can be a protective factor for children. If the family functions well, irrespective of whether both biological parents are present in the home, the children will thrive and achieve the expected developmental milestones. In the case of children of immigrant parents, the child’s adjustment to the home and school culture is optimal when the parents are able to support the biculturality of their US-born or US-raised children. If the parents are not able to support their children’s “Americanization” or if the parents freeze their culture of origin (Flores-Ortiz 1993b) and expect their children to grow up Mexican in the United States without adopting US culture as well,5 the children may not be able to adapt to the school context.
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Tello, Jerry. , ed. Ricardo Carrillo and Jerry Tello, 37–60. New York: Springer, 2008. 32 Chicana and Chicano Mental Health 2 Adolescent Mental Health T he most prevalent mental health problems affecting Chicano/a youth include depression, anxiety, and conduct disorders. Young Chicano males have a high risk of accidental death, as well as death by suicide or homicide (Aguirre-Molina and Betancourt 2010). Chicanas have higher rates of depression and suicidal ideation and intent than European American and African American peers.